Editing Foreign relations of Senegal (section)

==== The Gambia (2017) ====
[[ECOWAS military intervention in the Gambia|ECOWAS militarily intervened in The Gambia]] in 2017 when [[Yahya Jammeh|Former Gambian President Yahya Jammeh]] refused to concede after losing the election that year, abbreviated as ECOMIG and code-named "Operation Restore Democracy". The Senegalese Foreign Minister first brought this concern to the [[United Nations Security Council|U.N. Security Council]] in an emergency meeting ([[United Nations Security Council Resolution 2337|UNSC Resolution 2337]]). The resolution called for a peaceful resolution to the Gambian presidential crisis and passed unanimously; ECOWAS military forces, led by a Senegalese commander, entered the Gambia following the resolution's passage.<ref name=":32">{{Cite thesis |degree=Bachelor |last=Jawla |first=Famara Wassa |date=2020-03-23 |title=Factors That Influence Senegal's Proposal To Endorse Ecowas Military Intervention In The Gambia 2016-2018 |publisher=State Islamic University Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta |url=https://repository.uinjkt.ac.id/dspace/handle/123456789/56860 |language=en-US}}</ref> Senegal's armed forces played an active role in this military intervention and had a vested political interest in Jammeh stepping down; [[Adama Barrow]], the current Gambian president, was sworn into his presidential office in the [[Gambian embassy]] in Dakar, Senegal for fear of his safety.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2017-01-19 |title=Gambia crisis: Senegal sends in troops to back elected leader |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-38682184 |access-date=2022-04-20}}</ref> Additionally, Jammeh was a cause of concern because his alleged aid to [[Casamance]] separatists in Senegal.<ref name=":32" /> Conflicts between pro-Jammeh forces and the Senegalese armed forces produced refugee flows into Senegal and Guinea-Bissau.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Refugees |first=United Nations High Commissioner for |title=Senegal: Around 45,000 have fled political uncertainty in The Gambia |url=https://www.unhcr.org/news/briefing/2017/1/5881deb74/senegal-around-45000-fled-political-uncertainty-gambia.html |access-date=2022-04-20 |website=UNHCR |language=en}}</ref>